Re: USAF runs out of helicopters, forced to use V-22s
- From: banmilk@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:40:01 -0700
On Sep 28, 9:54 am, dumpst...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Sep 28, 4:09 am, Henry J Cobb <hc...@xxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-V22_28bus....
A shortage of special operations helicopters may lead the Air Force to
rush its version of the Texas-built and long-delayed V-22 Osprey
tilt-rotor aircraft into combat ahead of schedule, the service's top
general says.
-HJC
The article sited includes the following:
"The Air Force has received 10 of the 50 Ospreys it plans to buy.
Four
are used to train pilots, and two are to be retired from flying and
used to
train maintenance personnel, Bell-Boeing spokesman Bob Leder said.
Two more are used for flight testing, leaving only three available
for
operational missions."
So 10 - 4 - 2 - 2 = 3?
Gotta love their mathematics.
3 available for ops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
WOW!! That ought to turn the tide of war in favor of the US -LED
COALITION.
.
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